People Muncher by AxeTheory

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made by AxeTheory for LD33 (COMPO)
People Muncher

Use the mouse to control your tentacle. Hold the left mouse button to grab cars.
Shake cars to release the passengers. Feed the passengers to your mouth to stay alive.

Tools:
Unity
Audacity
Paint.net
Otomata
SFXR

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.14 453
Audio 2.45 572
Fun 3.10 416
Graphics 2.75 636
Humor 3.15 274
Innovation 3.24 315
Mood 2.93 521
Theme 3.69 271

Feedback

thebrickanator
24. Aug 2015 路 04:25 UTC
I liked the concept and It was an ok game as it all worked, but I wish there were something more unique about it :) I hope this helps.
It also took me a min to realize you were supposed to shake the people into his mouth and not drop the cars.
Gelatohead
24. Aug 2015 路 05:37 UTC
Interesting concept. The sound effects could use some work, but other than that, it's good.
vlamaster
25. Aug 2015 路 11:55 UTC
This is awesome, had a blast playing this! NIcely done!
LogGiant
26. Aug 2015 路 14:04 UTC
This game is harder than I expected. I found that if I hold down the mouse button I can grab a bunch of cars at once and have a feeding frenzy, which was pretty sweet!
The people's yelling sounded pretty sarcastic, "ahh, this again? how inconvenient" which was hilarious.
馃帳 AxeTheory
26. Aug 2015 路 14:39 UTC
LOL, The funny thing about recording the yell is my 1yr old son was trying to sleep in the next room and I didn't want to wake him. So it was a whisper yell that I tried to enhance.
bigbuggames
27. Aug 2015 路 00:02 UTC
Hahaha that was hilarious!
pkenney
27. Aug 2015 路 01:15 UTC
Awesome! Your game had a surprising amount of depth to the system. Like the way I could pick up cars to smash the cops, but if I did too much of that I lost victims to feed. I had to adjust my play and try to shake the food out then smash the cops, which was quite a juggling act. Then I learned I could pick up multiple cars.. I felt really strong, it was my fault when I failed.

Well done!
brombatti
27. Aug 2015 路 01:49 UTC
Simple but well executed. And harder than I expected haha
bouletmarc
27. Aug 2015 路 01:53 UTC
really funny game, great concept
mahalis
27. Aug 2015 路 02:10 UTC
Fun! Clever mechanic, nicely implemented. Difficulty seems a little off鈥擨 ended up losing a lot of health really quickly with no apparent means to defend myself鈥攂ut the basic idea is very solid.
kidando
27. Aug 2015 路 04:51 UTC
Now this is creativity! Loved it. Great gameplay and mechanic. The screaming is a bit funny and had me smiling throughout :) Congrats on submitting your entry!
OxyOxspring
27. Aug 2015 路 11:46 UTC
Pretty funny! :)
treeman
27. Aug 2015 路 11:54 UTC
Mechanics are cool.
DragonGino
27. Aug 2015 路 12:05 UTC
the game is hard. but after a while you know your way
Nanolotl
27. Aug 2015 路 12:15 UTC
Very well executed mechanic. Felt very natural to play.
ToloaGames
27. Aug 2015 路 18:43 UTC
Refreshing Gameplay
AAGH Games
28. Aug 2015 路 12:03 UTC
Nice use of the theme and it controls pretty well (especially grabbing bunches of cars at once) but two minor critiques. First the "lose" animation sequence strikes me as a little long for what it is (with seemingly no way to skip or speed it up). Considering how often I saw it while playing, it got a little old after awhile.

Secondly, and this one is for the monster and not you, the developer - if you're starving to death and desperately trying to shovel food into your own mouth, STOP DODGING IT. Seriously, no wonder you keep starving to death, you crazy monster... you're actively avoiding your own attempts at self-nourishment!

Anyway, it was fun, and that monster seriously needs to learn to feed itself properly. Good work!
mubox
29. Aug 2015 路 00:36 UTC
Good. :)

I think it would be better in full screen.
waveformmodulations
30. Aug 2015 路 01:56 UTC
Pretty funny. Liked the color scheme.
adsilcott
01. Sep 2015 路 14:02 UTC
fun and simple game.
Nurbs
06. Sep 2015 路 02:36 UTC
never has flinging helpless daytrippers into my maw been more of a struggle.
The gameplay is pretty good, although I think it's too tough to avoid dying.
Jelinib
06. Sep 2015 路 03:39 UTC
Awesome camera shake and explosions, and who doesn't like eating a bunch of people? Good fun! The controls are intuitive and easy to pick up, and it's so satisfying to shake things and fling cars with extreme force. Only the audio felt unpolished, but who has time for that in a compo anyway, right? Haha. Great game!
PeteGrammarman
06. Sep 2015 路 04:58 UTC
I loved that feeding the fish monster actually simulated feeding a pet goldfish, that is amazing. The bored screams were a funny touch as well.
Cosmic5
06. Sep 2015 路 06:43 UTC
Interesting mechanic and really cool controlling, cool effects
good job!
Antonio Elizio
06. Sep 2015 路 06:59 UTC
Good game and creative concept! nice work!
OadT
10. Sep 2015 路 11:41 UTC
Its an funny idea and gamemechanic, its just a bit hard to let the people fall into the monster :D Really cool game
Interface
13. Sep 2015 路 02:29 UTC
Nice entry. Not as easy as it looks! May be a good candidate for a mobile game with touch. Just saying :-)
superfreak
14. Sep 2015 路 06:23 UTC
Interesting take on the theme :)
CheesyRamen
14. Sep 2015 路 07:15 UTC
Haha, nice job with the theme! Hilarious watching people being shaken out of their cars!